GRE Word List
ELLIPTICAL
of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse
The meaning of the word elliptical is of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| fauna | animal life |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |